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About me

 I love life. It's the greatest mystery.

I enjoy taking on challenges and see them as learning experiences.

I believe in accepting ourselves

and the world we live in,

our fellow human beings and all of nature,

as sacred. 

 Interests 

Writing - Author of three books:

THE MOSAIC

RIDE THE FORBIDDEN HORSE AND OTHER STORIES

TASTING LIFE FOR WHAT IT IS

Reading, mostly non-fiction,

New York Times, Time Magazine, National Geographic

Occasional fiction-mysteries, crime stories

Practicing the piano and the organ, listening to music

Playing bridge (duplicate)

Yoga, meditation, exercises, Kung Fu practice

Swimming,  ping-pong, tennis, horseback riding, canoeing,  skiing

Going out on weekend trips with friends

Traveling, especially to warm countries

Watching the news, the Sundance, History, Science and Discovery channels , also the ID channel

 Favorite Music

Bach, Chopin, Franck

Mozart, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Schumann,  Dvorak, Faure, Grieg, Delius, Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Gershwin, and many more.

Favorite Quotations 

 Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace.

Where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, grant that I may

not so much seek to be consoled as to console;

to be understood, as to understand;

to be loved, as to love;

for it is in giving that we receive;

it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;

and it is in dying that we are born to Eternal Life.

                    Saint Francis of Assisi

Gestalt Prayer

I do my thing and you do your thing. 
I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, 
And you are not in this world to live up to mine. 
You are you, and I am I, and if by chance we find each other, it's beautiful. 
If not, it can't be helped. 

Fritz Perls, 1969

Licensed Mental Health Counselor

Licensed by the University of the State of New York Education Department

License # 002082-1, valid through 11/30/2017 

 Credentials: MA degrees from Columbia University and the New School University

Certified Rehabilitation Counselor since 1975

Available  for individual counseling; specialist in vocational counseling

Sliding scale. No Medicaid accepted. Not set up for payment via credit or debit cards

 e-mail to "gilthedude@gmail.com"   In the message box, state  "counseling."